A Raiding Party

A heated discussion erupts among the green warriors. After listening to the byplay for a few minutes, you take it that these fellows had intended to carry out the equivalent of a cattle-raid against the outlying districts of the city (the term 'thoat' comes up repeatedly, and you assume that it is some sort of domesticated animal). Now that the guard has seen them, and presumably raised the alarm, the element of surprise has been lost. Roughly half of the green men want to carry on anyway; the others think it more prudent to retreat now with the prize they have already captured (meaning you, of course).

Wiser heads prevail, and the warriors mount their riding animals. The huge, multi-legged beasts seem more than half wild to you, and you don't look forward to riding on one. However, you aren't given any choice in the matter; the warrior who bound you tosses you across his saddle before him, and within minutes the entire party is thundering across the desert toward the shadowy outline of a mountain range on the horizon. After riding half the long Martian night, the party...

1. ...enters a ruined city at the edge of the mountains; this is evidently where they make their home.
2. ...rendezvous' with a grounded airship manned by red men, to whom you will apparently be sold.
3. ...is attacked by airships that suddenly swoop down out of the dark sky.

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